Stirrup



"UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

VILLIAM JAS. HAMERSLEY, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.

STIRRUP.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 23,572, dated April 12, 1859.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM J. HAM- nnsLnY, of Hartford, county of Hartford, and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Saddle-Stirrnps; and l do hereby declare that the saine is described and represented in the following specification and drawings, and to enable others skilled in the art to malte and use the same l will proceed to describe the construction, referring to the drawings, in which the same letters indicate like parts in each of the figures.

The nature of this improvement consists in introducing an elastic device between the loop iron of the saddle and the stirrup, or to the stirrup itself. To relax the rigidness or stiffness of the limbs, of the rider.

In the accompanying drawings is shown my improvement in saddle stirrups as distinctly attached to the stirrup.

A, is the stirrup proper.

B, is a loop, by which it is secured in place.

C, is a tube, cut in section to show the inside arrangement.

E, is a spiral spring made of such diameter as to nearly fill the tube C.

D, is a spindle attached to the loop B and passing through the spring E, in the tube C.

F, is a collar having a narrow opening through its surface, and notched on each side, at right angles with the line of said openings, and on the outer surface thereof, so that as the end of the spindle D, (which is flattened, and formed to correspond with the notches) is passed through the collar, and given a quarter turn, secures it perfectly with the spring, inside of the tube C.

If it should be desirable to set the spring it may be done by a screw nut, fitted on to the spindle D, at H, so that by turning the nut down, will contract the spring and thus prevent the elasticity. It will at once be seen that the same thing may be accomplished by simply attaching another loop to the opposite end of the tube D at I, l, without having the said tube secured to the stirrup, except by the connecting straps; also it will be seen that elastic substances may be used to produce the same effect.

By the use of this improvement, a great advantage is derived over the strap and stirrup as now in common use, from the following reasons: The stiffness and unyielding position of the rider (in the old way) is removed; the limbs and muscles are allowed a free relaxation, and although the elasticity is not very great, yet a very sensible relief is experienced by the rider.

That I claim therefore and desire to secure by Letters Patentis- A new, useful, and improved article of manufacture, as a saddle stirrup the employment of the tube C, spring E, spindle D, or their equivalents, for the purpose sub` stantially as described.

WM. JAS. HAMERSLEY. [11. S.] lVitnesses CURTis BACON, JEREMY lV. BLISS. 

